Beehive.



J. E. GRAY.

BEEHIVE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-'12, 191

' Patented Apr. 16,1918.

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J. E. GRAY.

BEEHIVE.

' APPLICATION FILED ocT.I2.191s.

1 ,262fi79; Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

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JOSEPH E. GRAY, or rainr nnn, ILLINOIS.

IBEEHIVE.

.h re by declare the following to be a full,

. clear and exact description of the'invention; such as will enableothers skilled in the art-. to which it appertains to make and use .thesame. v

This invention relates to beehives. ,Lj'lhe' object of thelIiYBIItlOItlS to provide 'a-beehive embodying an improvedconstruction'fwhereby the hive will be maintained irrelati vely cool insummer and relatively in winter, the improved construction of the hivealso permitting the honey to be removed with facility and new combframes easily. applied.

A further object of the invention is. to beehive embodying an improvedconstruction of brooder, an improved construction of super, and meansfor controlling the passages of the bees from the :rooder to the super.

With the above and other bjects in view the invention consistsin thedetails of construction and in the arrangement and comerence will bebination of parts to be hereinafter more fully-described andparticularly pointed out an the appended claims. In describingtheinvention in detail. refhad to the accompanying drawings wherein likecharacters of reference denote corresponding parts in the sev-' eralviews, and in which Figure 1 is a'fi'ont elevation of a hive constructedin accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2, a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a section on thelll18.3:-3 of Fig. 2; .Fig. 4, 2. front view of the brooder removed;

.Fig. 5,;a perspective view of one of the spacing [members employed tohold the brooder frames-in spaced relation;

' I Fig. 6," a perspective view of a brooder frame Fig. 7, a front viewof one of the supers;

fFig. 8,-a horizontal section through one ofthe supers Fig. 9, aperspective view of one of the super spacers, and

Fig. 10, a section on the line '10--10 of Fi .4. f

yl teferring to the drawings the improved Specification of LettersPatent.

tat Improvements in liechivcs; and I do lateral displacement bottom wall28.

' the front wall 24.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

Application filed October 12. 1915. Serial No. 55,473.

A which includes a bottom section ll, an intermediate section 12 and atop section 13. Tliesectioii 11 includes a bottom 11 having taperingribs 15 on the underside thereof and said. bottom extending forwardly toform a platform 16.. The front wall of the section 11 is provided withthe usual and entrance opening 17. The section 11 also above the topedge of the section and abut the lower ends of corner cleats 19 embodiedin the section 12. Likewise the corner cleats 19 project above the topedge of the section 12 and abut the lower ends of corner cleats 2Oembodied in the section 13. By this arrangement of the cleats 18, 19 and20 the sections 11, 12 and 18 are interlocked against relative to eachother although they can readily be displaced by Vertical movement. Thebottom 14 of the section 11 is provided on' opposite sides with recesses21 which are covered by sheets of wire mesh 22 respectively. Provided atthe hive is shown as comprising a body casing includescorner. cleats 18which project front and rear of the bottom 14 are ledges The brooder Bcomprises a front wall 24,

a rear wall 25, side walls 26 and 27 and a The front. and rear walls 24and 25 are Set a slight distance inwardly of the ends of the side wallsand the forward end of the bottom as at 29 and this recess is bridged bya ineni ber 30' disposed in slight. spaced relation to The inner wall ofthe recess 29 and the bottom edge of the front wall 24 arecorrespondingly beveled and spaced to form an entrance and exit passageto the brooder. This passage is controlled by a door 30 having a stem 31slidably mounted ina guide 32 and provided on one edge with a rack bar33 with which latter meshes a. pivoted toothed segment 34 jourwalls 28is recessed naled in a bracket 35 mounted on the front I wall 2d of thebrooder.

axis of rotation and also alines with an I l fth section opening 3 inthe front al 0 e i 11. A suitable key is adapted tobe insert- Thesegment {-34, carries a projection 36 which alines with its openings'aline with This door so is provided with e plurality of 38 which aredisposed in line Wlth the entrance and exit passage of the brooder whenthe door is in closed position to.

permit of circulation of air to the breeder. It Will be noted that thedoor 30 moves between the member 30 and the front wall 24.

Secured to the inner'sides of the front and rear Walls of the brooderrespectively are spacing members 39 in the form of metai strips slittransversely to produce tongues 40. Alternate-tongues are bent at rightangles to the strip so as to overlie the top edge of respective frontand rear Walls. Supported upon the'top edges of thefront and rear Wallsof the brooder are comb frames it) having their top members extended anddisposed between the upstanding tongues ii The side walls 26 andfl? areprovided re-- spectively with openings 4-1 across which disposed a giasspane 42 so as to form an ob: servation WliHd0W.' These windows areadapted to be closed by means of shutters 4C3 sl-idably mountedrespectively on the side Walls 26 and 27'.

Detachably mounted on the top of the brooder B is a division member Cwhich comprises superimposed panels 44 and 45 having registeringopenings at6therein respectively.- Slidably mounted between the panelsis: and 15 are shutters 47 and 4-8 provided respectively with openings4E9 adapt-- ed when the shutters are in one position to the openin s 46.In other positions oi the shutters communication between slined openings16 is closed. 'Ihrough the medium of these shutters the movement of thebees through the openings 46 can becon 1 trolled. Mounted on thedivision member 0 1s a super D end upon this mounted another super E. Asthe supers D and 'E are identical in construction only one of them willbe referred to in detail. The super D comprises side meinbersot) and 51which are connected togetherat their ends by rods 52 and 53, the latterbeing 'in turn connected by a turn buckle 54. Disposed between the sidemembers and 51 is a front member 55 and a rear member 56. Mounted in thesuper thus formed is a pinrality of comb frames 57 between which are 58.In mounting the frames 57 in place the turn buckles 5st ereoperated torelieve the tension on the disposed spacing members side members 50 and51. The frames and spscintg membersare then applied and the turn bookiesoperated to clamp the parts in assembled relation. Shdably mounted between the snpers D and E are slnitters 59 and 60 provided respectivelywith openings position of the shutters, to

and thereby permit the passage of the bees superv D is and 51 of eachsuper nreprrhid ith openings 62 which are close-d by glass penes 63whereby the condition oi the ironies may be observed,

Diposed upon the Super is s top n1emherfis provided with i' sndotigThese openings are 'C@V'J.\.i by enes 6? secured'upon the top of themember 6% and by asheet of wire mesh 68 secured to the bottom of themember 6 1-0 What is claimed is 1. In a beehive, the combination with ncasing having an entr ce opi ring; in one Well, of e breeder disposed,snow the css ing and having a wan sp c from the Wait oi? the casi'rwhich pr \ided with the entra-nce a'ipef 11g said i i of the haying alsoan entrance opening ti sin, e member disposed between the said'n'alls ofthe breeder and casing to form-the top of a passage Way between the twoentrance openings, a door slidablyQmounted upon the outer face of thesaid-Wail of the breeder ien the shutters tiii and breeder e r on:

2. In a beehive, the combination with a.

casing having an entrance opening in one Wall, of a breeder disposed wthin the cas inn; and having 2, wail spaced from the Wall.

of the casing which is provided with the en trance opening, said wall ofthe breeder having also an entrance opening therein, a member disposedbetween the said waits of the brooder and casing to form the top of apassage way between the two entrance openings, a door slidably mountedupon the outer face of the said Wall of the breeder and slidably engagedbetween the said island the member for movement into and out position toclose the passagcfw y, a, in carried by the door a rack bar carried inthe stem, a. tooth vsegnnent pivotaily mo'inited upon the said Well oithe breeder "den; gaged with the rack bar, and proji carried actuallybyv the tenths-s ine adapted for the. reception' .of key movement orthesegment said ivall casing having an opening therein: oppos e to theprojection for the enp'egementii such a key, therethrough.

In. testimony whereof,- I my signa, ture, in the presence oftu'oWitnesses JOSEPH E. Git

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